Chapters 9-10 Summary

Kiriel muses about Shaun's interest in girls, noting the teenager's general lack of self-confidence. Kiriel describes an incident in which Shaun found an explicit letter written by Lane Henneberger, a female classmate who had a crush on Shaun, even describing herself in her diary as "Mrs. Shaun Simmons." Shaun had even guiltily masturbated while reading this note. Though Kiriel notes the features of the girl's anatomy that Shaun found exciting, he says that he himself would prefer the feelings that he was now able to experience in Shaun's body and that the girl's looks were really immaterial to this experience. Kiriel next daydreams in his World History class about his strategy for bedding Lane. Conflicted, he tells himself that he doesn't want to build a relationship with her, but he doesn't want to hurt her or anyone either. He tells himself...